BRAGDON v. PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS CO.


375 Pa. 307 (1953)

Bragdon, Admr., v. Pittsburgh Railways Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 17, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Con F. McGregor, with him Bechman, Dunn & McGregor, for appellant.

Ralph S. Davis, Jr., with him Evans, Ivory & Evans, for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, November 17, 1953:

On the night of August 14, 1947, a Carrick street car of the defendant company, speeding down Brownsville Road, leaped its rails, ploughed across the track and struck an automobile coming in the opposite direction, killing its driver, Robert M. Bragdon, and seriously injuring the guest passenger, Vera McAlister Skelton. The administrator of the estate of the deceased Bragdon...

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